Cherry Poppin’ Daddies – Susquehanna – CD Review

The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies have released a Groovtastic (My word) new album!

That’s what I would say if I actually liked it…..which I don’t…..yep, I do not like the new album that’s come’n out, so sue me. I do, in fact, dig the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, don’t get me wrong. In their new album they try a new technique to their otherwise great and successful swing music, and it’s, get ready folks, here it comes: ska. The thing is….it just doesn’t work for them. I’m a big fan of ska myself as well but nooooooooot like this. To me it just sounds as if they work both ska and swing in all the songs, kudos for trying new mixtures, but just like Tequila, it may sound good when in the process but the outcome just makes ya need to pray to the porcelain gods.

You can’t put a rose (The name Cherry Poppin’ Daddies) by a piece of shit (The new album)….it won’t make it pretty nor will it make it smell good. It will just end up being a piece of shit with a rose by it.

Okay, this is just silly. It’s one thing to suggest that fans of their “swing” greatest hits album will mostly be disappointed, but quite another to display total ignorance about the band’s incredibly eclectic body of work.

So, for anyone who’s actually listened to more than the greatest swing hits album, I’d say this is their most varied and fresh since “Rapid City Muscle Car.” The only thing especially new to this album style-wise is the calypso and 70s jazz (a la “Breathe”). (The band has incorporated ska stylings since ska was itself just becoming popular state-side, BTW.)

I wasn’t particularly fond of “Soul Caddy,” but for people who appreciate Steve’s songwriting, you’ll find him returning to top form. As for the album being “shit,” as our erudite reviewer so gracefully puts it, I think that distinction better fits half-assed reviews that demonstrate little knowledge of their subject.

This is the worst review I have ever read. This album is as eclectic (and great) as all there albums. The reviewer heard the swing compilation album and immediately stereotyped them. Listen to a bands body of work or shut the F up!

Again with the young retards! People, us you’re going to curse, FUCKING CURSE!!! Don’t use F! Don’t use F***ing! Say the Fucking word FUCK. Because by this you are telling me that you have never read the fucking magazine and we use the word fuck all the time. You are an ignorant child looking to be spanked by your father….has he raped you because that would be the only explanation as to why you bitch all the time! I like all their music from Ska to Swing, I JUST DON’T FUCKING LIKE THIS ALBUM! I prefer it if they made swing music instead! Now I’m a good person but the next person who reads this review and has something bad to say I will personally come over to their house and have The Emporer T-bag the hell out of your mom’s forehead while I kick your ass and have my dog rape your dog while The Emorer’s cat watches the whole thing. Got it! Because all I had to fucking do is to write wheather I liked it or I didn’t and in this case I didn’t! Fuck you all Jimmy go get pounded in the ass by your father as you were his man bitch in County.

You made me laugh so your kind of off the hook…. but here’s the deal… I can care less on how I spell shit let a lone give a crap that you have to actually correct me on my grammer…. You see when I’m on a rant I don’t go back to correct what I type but you obviously got what I ment so fuck off…. Nonetheless fuck you yadda yadda yadda…. Blah blah blah…

What makes a fantastic reviewer is both his inability to understand the basics what exactly he’s reviewing AND his tendency to explode in an inexplicable fury of profanity and insults when his errors are inevitably pointed out by the general public. Rex is two for two! :)

Regardless, a terrific album all around. Based on ‘Hi and Lo’ alone, I’m surprised they didn’t become a major part of the ska punk explosion.

FUCKING RETARD! You have no clue about The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies. They are in no way a swing band and this CD is a mixture of so many genres (not just swing and ska.) In all CPD CD’s they mix together different genres and see how it comes out, they don’t just sing retro swing crap like Brian Setzer. This album for instance is a fusion of ska, flamenco, soca, bossa nova and reggae, along with swing and rockabilly. So do your research before you tell them to go back to swing and in the words of Steve Perry himself “get your head out of your ass.”

Wow…that was amusing. “In their new album they try a new technique…”
What the hell? Please do me a favor…if you’re going to do a review, at least research the artist. They have always been all about versatility. If you don’t like it, fine. But just say you don’t like it. Honestly, I’ve always liked their swing better than their other stuff…but at least I know that they’ve always done other stuff! Moron…

Hee hee! I can’t help but be giddy over how fiercely CPD fans will defend their band, even over a small-time review half a year later!

True, a music reviewer should at least know the basics of the band he’s reviewing, but a whole lot of people out there still don’t know that CPD is more than just “a swing band”. Since I’m Mr. Optimistic, even if it’s a bad review, just the fact that the album’s getting out there and more and more people are learning of CPD’s variety of sounds, that’s a plus. Negative review or not, hopefully people will be intrigued by a “swing band” playing ska, rock and Latin that they’d be willing to check out CPD’s other albums and add to the band’s fanbase.

I don’t think the album’s their *best*, per se…it’s great, but I learn more towards ‘Soul Caddy’ or ‘Rapid City Muscle Car’. I think going in a more “ska” direction is a smart move…the ska scene still has a large fanbase, and if CPD can wedge their way back into it, that can only be good for everyone (until the band becomes remembered by the general public only as “a ska band”).